The photos show the hungry predator chasing the fleeing pink birds on a lake and plucking one unlucky bird straight from the air as it desperately tries to take flight.

It follows the life and struggles of a million-strong colony of pink flamingos in Lake Natron, northern Tanzania, which are threatened by plans for a new factory in the area.

Her beaky nose, red-rimmed eyes, and feathery pink hat gave her the look of a bad-tempered flamingo.